Gujarat's wetlands cover a 3.5 million hectare area which accounts for 17.8 per cent of the state's geographical location.As per the Space Applications Centre-ISRO (2021), a satellite-based ...

The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to conduct a thorough identification of all water bodies, ...

India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – which is why local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.

India has a wealth of wetland ecosystems distributed in different geographical regions. Most of the wetlands in India are directly or indirectly linked with major river systems such as the Ganges ...

India is home to a vast array of ecosystems, ranging from lush rainforests and dense mangroves to arid deserts and expansive ...

A bench headed by justice Abhay S Oka held that any encroachment on a wetland must go and shot down the argument by Rajasthan ...

India is a signatory to the Ramsar Convention. As of 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has designated 75 Ramsar sites (wetlands of international importance) in the country.

Kochi: The high court has directed the State Wetland Authority Kerala (SWAK) to expeditiously complete the ground-truthing and demarcation of the wetland boundaries of Vellayani Lake in ...

Trichy: College students, bird enthusiasts, volunteers and local residents took part in the annual wetland bird census ...

Images can be powerful through their impact or beauty or illustrate an environmental or conservation story that reveals the importance of wetlands for nature and/or for people. Raj Mohan (India) ...